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Martin Forest Eberhard is an American engineer, entrepreneur, and inventor who co-founded Tesla, Inc. (then Tesla Motors) with Marc Tarpenning in 2003. Eberhard served as Tesla's original chairman, and its CEO until late 2007.[1][2][3][4] In 2015, he was inducted into the University of Illinois Engineering Hall of Fame.

Eberhard grew up in Kensington, California. He received a B.S. in computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1982 and an M.S. in electrical engineering from the same school in 1984.[5]

Eberhard began his career as an electrical engineer at Wyse Technology, where he designed the WY-30 ASCII computer terminal as his first product. Eberhard co-founded Network Computing Devices in 1987, where he served as chief engineer through its IPO on 1992.[6][7]

In 1996, Eberhard founded NuvoMedia with Marc Tarpenning, where they developed the Rocket eBook, the first e-book with secure internet delivery of content. Eberhard served as chairman and CEO until NuvoMedia’s acquisition by Gemstar in 2000.[6][7]